Human Rights Standards Related to School Bullying: Ensuring Protection and Equality

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Explore the international human rights standards and frameworks aimed at addressing school bullying, including the rights of children to equality and protection against discrimination. Key instruments such as the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the European Convention on Human Rights provide guidance on creating a safe and inclusive environment in educational settings.

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Human Rights Standards Related to School Bullying 1 DR GEOFFREY SHANNON SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON CHILD PROTECTION

Human Rights Standards Related to School Bullying 2 Achieving a human rights framework Bias based bullying Child centred Hope Dignity Us v s them Kinship

Human Rights Standards Related to School Bullying 3 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Article 24 the right of children to equality International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Human Rights Standards Related to School Bullying 4 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 3 optional protocols 17 General Comments Articles 2, 3, 6 and 12 guiding principles of the Convention

Human Rights Standards Related to School Bullying 5 European Convention on Human Rights Article 3 Article 8 European Convention on the Exercise of Children s Rights

Human Rights Standards Related to School Bullying 6 The EU Treaties The Charter of Fundamental Rights Article 24 Article 52(3) Non-discrimination

Human Rights Standards Related to School Bullying 7 Article 2(2), CRC States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that the child is protected against all forms of discrimination or punishment on the basis of the status, activities, expressed opinions, or beliefs of the child s parents, legal guardians, or family members. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT4Bs2XcbTF1qMg6jVa0mYEJRcTYWpCbsb0eaKluze8hQQ_w7bm1HNWF_rm

Human Rights Standards Related to School Bullying 8 Article 3, CRC General Comment No. 12 General Comment No. 14

Human Rights Standards Related to School Bullying 9 Article 16, CRC No child shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his or her privacy, family, or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his or her honour and reputation. The child has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.

Human Rights Standards Related to School Bullying 10 Article 19, CRC Such protective measures should, as appropriate, include effective procedures for the establishment of social programmes to provide necessary support of the child and for those who have the care of the child, as well as for other forms of prevention and for identification, reporting, referral, investigation, treatment and follow-up of instances of child maltreatment described heretofore, and, as appropriate, for judicial involvement. General Comment No. 4

Human Rights Standards Related to School Bullying 11 The right to education Article 26(1) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 2 of the First Protocol to the ECHR No one shall be denied the right to education Article 13 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Human Rights Standards Related to School Bullying 12 Child s right to education Principle 7 of the 1959 Declaration of the Rights of the Child Article 28, CRC Article 29, CRC Education of the child and the development of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms Vienna Declaration UN Millennium Declaration

Human Rights Standards Related to School Bullying 13 General Comment No. 1

Human Rights Standards Related to School Bullying 14 Bullying definitional problem Cyber-bullying Homophobic and transphobic bullying

Human Rights Standards Related to School Bullying 15 Mental health

Human Rights Standards Related to School Bullying 16 Liability of schools Anti-bullying policy Code of behaviour

Human Rights Standards Related to School Bullying 17 Prevention - whole school approach - active involvement of key stakeholders Change attitudes Teaching children about their human rights Anonymity

Human Rights Standards Related to School Bullying 18 Strategies to support LGBT young people to remain in schools Law and technology

Human Rights Standards Related to School Bullying 19 19 States in United States anti-bullying legislation New South Wales Massachusetts Sanction a solution?